BIRDSONG

August and

September 2014

BIRDINGBURY

NEWS

No 63

What Sorrow Cares

1914

Enlistment

It was not properly light.

The road and the horizon

Were not distinct.

He began to whistle a tune

But could not keep it going.

He did not look back,

Doubting his ability

To do that and still leave her.

It was not really light

But the birds of the hedgerow

Sang him on his way.

And she continued to watch him

Long after he was no longer there.

Pilgrim (Roger Hawes)

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This has been a relatively quiet period for your Parish Council; no major issues have

emerged and we have concentrated on working with other bodies, especially the

County Council, to ensure the local environment is as well cared for as possible. A

site meeting with a CC officer identified a number of irritating issues such as badly

damaged verges, poor footpaths etc. Progress is often rather slow but we are assiduous

in pursuing appropriate action. Unfortunately the cuts at County level have restricted

their capacity to respond, and it seems likely that will not get better in the future. A

recent meeting between PC representatives and Warwickshire councillors and senior

officers looked at ways in which parish councils might take on more of these local

jobs. It remains to be seen whether the necessary funding will be available to allow

us to take on such new challenges – watch this space!

The question of poor mobile phone coverage was raised with us recently, stimulated

by the need for a good signal when a smart meter is to be installed. Although coverage

has improved slightly for some users, there is still a problem for many villagers. It

may be that the introduction of G4 will lead to improvements; we shall continue to

keep an eye on this, but we would be pleased to hear your views on this.

Plans for the War Memorial rededication on the afternoon of 3 August are going

well – see opposite. You may have noticed that the cleaning of the Memorial is now

complete; and is looking very good in time for the rededication. Although some

residents will be away on holiday at that time, we hope to see lots of you then.

There will be a road closure from midday, and the Birbury and Club will be open

for tea and refreshments, as well as a display of material about the servicemen and

their families which has been researched by the History Group. It should be an inter-

esting afternoon.

Maintenance of play equipment is being carried out, and two new benches will soon

be in place, one provided by the PC and the other by the generosity of the Birdingbury

Country Show. They replace damaged benches donated in the past. We are grateful

to councillors and others who have been working on this.

Nationally there are new arrangements for registering electors for the Electoral Roll.

There will be more information coming direct from the Borough Council – do watch

out for this and ensure that your name gets registered – otherwise you may get

deprived of your right to vote.

Best wishes

Diana Turner, Chair, Birdingbury Parish Couincil

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BIRDINGBURY WAR MEMORIAL

REDEDICATION

3.00pm Sunday 3rd August 2014

To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of

World War 1 there will be a short commemoration

event around the Memorial which will include:

Music from Bourton Trombones – from 2.45pm

Readings of poems

Reflections of villagers on the impact of war on families

Hymns, accompanied by the Bourton Trombones

A Prayer for Peace

From 3.35pm the Birbury and the Club will be open for TEA and refreshments, and a

display of information by the History Group:

“Birdingbury Men at War”

On the evening of Monday 4th August there will also be

a Vigil from 10pm in St. Leonard’s Church

DO COME ALONG

ALL WELCOME

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Leamington Hastings C.E. Infant School

Some of Year 2’s comments on the LH School Summer Play and the Asian

Dance in the Interschool Street Dance Competition.

Street Dance At street dance we had judges, they did flips, it was epic! Then it was our turn,

it was really creepy. But I did the splits with Hannah, Krista and Annamai. Evie was behind me and

Hannah and then after we had a medal. We didn’t win, but it didn’t matter, it was good fun! by Ella

Street Dance The street dance competition was fabulous! There were some teenage boys

who did a strange type of street dance. I sort of liked it and sort of didn’t like it. I liked it when they

did flips but not when they put their arms all backwards. Our music was called Shakalakka Baby, it

was brilliant! by Rose

Street Dance It wasn’t scary at all, there were 7 groups. We did it in the Benn Hall. I col-

oured a picture. I liked the competition day because we got to eat sweets. by Evie

The Summer Play I was a narrator with Lily and Millie. I liked the street dance in the play. I

started off the play. I liked singing Food, Glorious, Food, I liked all of the songs. Year 1 girls did a

frozen dance and Year 1 boys did an elephant dance. by Joseph

The Summer Play I liked being a narrator, it was hard and tiring and I got hot. We acted out

2 stories - The Magic Paintbrush and The Tiger’s Child. Mrs Kendall said it was fabulous. My cos-

tume was pink and sparkly, I had an underneath dress, an over dress, trousers and a scarf. We

sang Food, Glorious Food. We waved flags. by Scarlett

The Summer Play I liked being an Emperor on stage. My costume was purple and black. I

had to be angry at Lexie. by William

The Summer Play Being a narrator is fun. If you are a narrator you can only sit down when

people are singing songs that are part of the school play. We cannot sit down on Food, Glorious,

Food and Wave Your Flag. My costume was light purple with gems on. I had a scarf but I did not

wear it. by Pavandeep

The Summer Play At o u r p l ay, I r eal l y l i k ed it. I was a narrator we were gluing the play

together. We had lots of lines. On my dress there was a glamorous, sparkling jewel. My dress was

dark red with golden sequins. I had a beautiful, purple scarf. We did a graceful tea ceremony

dance. We copied Rose’s movements and arms. Rose had a beautiful green dress. Our play was

at the Parish Hall and Mrs Kendall was the prompt. by Millie

The Summer Play We did a story about the magic paintbrush and the tiger child. All of the

Year 2s did the tea ceremony and Year 2s and Year 1s did the street dance. There were lots of

songs. I tapped my chop sticks up and down and side to side. I loved street dance because it was

my favourite part of the play. by Ben

The Summer Play In the summer play I was the Uncle Tiger. I was in the Chinese story and

the Indian story. I had to speak to the Tiger Child. I had to scare the villagers. The villagers were

Lily, Nathan, Izzy and Priya. The Tiger Child turned into a cat. by Edward

The Summer Play Th e tw o s to r i es w er e the magic paintbrush and the tiger child. I liked

Savannah’s costume because I liked the pink and jewels. My favourite song was Wave your flag. I

like the way William stamped his foot as the emperor. by Lilly E.

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Leamington Hastings C.E. Infant School

Give as you live – online shopping!

Please sign up to our online fundraiser, which donates to the school as you buy items

on the internet, from many stores including Tesco, Amazon, Debenhams, ASOS,

LastMinute.com etc. So far my account has raised £54 without any extra effort at all,

so well worth it. The link is www.everyclick.com and sign up to ‘friends of leamington

hastings infant school and nursery’. If you are on a site that donates, a banner

will pop up at the top which allows you to sign in before making a purchase.

Please sign up and sign in, it really will make a difference!

Alex Rigler

I would just like to say a big thank you to

Neighourhood Watch!

Following the circulation of a photo of a vehicle I sent out, a very vigilant NHW

member (you know who you are!) took down the registration of the vehicle and noti-

fied us immediately. This vital piece of information has resulted in an arrest and the

offenders have been linked to two further crimes. I would like to thank this individual

very much and thank all of the other NHW members who take the time to read the

alerts and feed information to me. You are doing your community a great service in the

fight against crime. Keep up the good work folks!! This is further evidence that the

NHW scheme is very worth while.

THANK YOU ALL!!

Helena Steadman PCSO 6149

Thanks

Thank you so much to the many Birdingbury friends who supported us in so many

ways during our move from Marton Glebe Farm to Myrtle and Peter Shepherd's former

house on Marton Road. Thank you for meals on moving day, for tasty food treats while

we unpacked boxes, for a temporary holiday home for our hens, to Birdingbury's Mr.

Fix-it who, amongst other jobs, enabled Dick to watch the World Cup footie matches in

peace, to our dear new neighbour for providing drinks for all and sundry on June 27th

and for many more kindnesses. Is there any wonder that we didn't want to leave this

caring community?

Dick and Aileen

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Kimberley brothers at war

Harold Kimberley was the youngest of ten children of Job and Julia Kimberley. They

lived in Stone Cottage in Birdingbury (the last house on the right as you leave the vil-

lage on Long Itchington Road). Harold was born in 1899 and was only 15 when war

broke out. Thomas Kimberley was Harold’s older brother. He was born in 1895 and

was a farmhand living with his parents in 1911. Bill Kimberley, who lives in Hill, is

the son of Harold and the nephew of Thomas.

Harold Kimberley was in the Royal Irish Rifles. We do not know when he entered the

war but we do know from his son, Bill, that he was taken prisoner in 1917 when he was

just 18. Harold spoke little of his experiences during his lifetime but he did recount

how he nearly starved to death as the food ran out in the latter days of the war in

Germany where he was imprisoned. He returned safely to Britain after the war but

suffered from ill health for the rest of his life as a result of his experiences.

Thomas Kimberley entered active service in WWI on 2 May 1915 in France with the

1st Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was wounded in the autumn of

1916 and, once he had recovered, joined the 1st/6th Battalion of the Warwickshire’s.

Thomas was involved in action around Peronne in 1917 following the retreat of the

Germans to the Hindenberg line. He was killed in action shortly after this on 4 October

1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele. In the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum in

Warwick we have found the war diary for the 1st/ 6th Battalion for this day:

The Kimberley

Family in 1908

Thomas is in

the middle row

standing up,

second from the

right. Harold

Kimberley is in

the front row

sitting on the

right hand side

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ASSEMBLY TRENCHES October 4th

At 5.30 A.M. attacked. The attack was extremely successful, all objectives being taken

except Burns House & Vacher Farm.

Estimated prisoners captured 350, H.Gs 10, Anti-Tank Guns 2.

Casualties Officers, Killed Capt.A.V.Bisseker, Capt. H.S Powell M.C.

2/Lt. Hallam, 2/L.t Poynton, 2/Lt Hussey.

Missing 2/Lt.Fisher

Wounded Capt.Musgrave, 2/Lt. Trickett, 2/Lt Collins,

2/Lt Thurman, 2/Lt. Hearne

Other Ranks, Killed 28 Missing 32 Wounded 153

This rather stark account hardly does justice to the true horrors of the battle. The Third

Battle of Ypres, better known as Passchendaele after the location of the final phase, is

one of the more infamous actions of World War One. The deadly mud which covered

the battlefield, and in which large numbers of soldiers drowned, has made the name

synonymous with the view of World War One as a futile, muddy mess.

Thomas was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry at Passchendaele. His nephew,

Bill , says it was awarded because ‘the Germans were strafing the British lines with

machine guns when Tom ran out, threw a grenade which hit the German machine gun

post’. It was this act that resulted in his death.

Thomas is one of six men from Birdingbury who died in World War 1 and who are

honoured on our war memorial. He is also remembered at the Tyne Cot Cemetery and

Memorial in Belgium just outside the town of Passchendaele. It is the largest cemetery

for commonwealth forces in the world for any war. Sadly, Thomas is not in the Ceme-

tery itself but in the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.

As well as Harold and Thomas, two other Kimberley brothers also fought in The Great

War. Cyril was in The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Percy was in The

Royal Army Service Corps. We have found Percy’s army record from which we know

he fought in Macedonia (now Greece) where in September 1916 he contracted malar-

ia! It is hard for us to imagine the impact that having four sons fighting in the War

must have had on the Kimberley family.

We will be displaying the material we have uncovered about all the men of Birding-

bury who fought in the Great War in the Birbury on Sunday 3 August after the rededi-

cation of the War Memorial.

If you have any memories, family stories or mementos of WW1 that you would like to

share with us we would love to hear from you either by phone (01926 632091), email

(birdingburyhistory@hotmail.co.uk) or bring them along on the 3 August.

Richard Davies, Birdingbury History Group

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Le"er to the Editor

During the last five years or so there have been many talks and discussions about im-

provements to the Club. No harm in that - in fact, the Club (as a building) has been

‘improved’ many times since it was built as a village school. What I feel is remarkable

is that despite at least a dozen major additions and alterations, all of the ‘original’

features have been retained. Many of them may not be in their original place but they

are still there – for example, the windows on the front elevation and those in the

Birbury.

I am sure that Birdingbury Club has survived because it has been subject to evolution,

not revolution. It has survived because it has not been the subject of a drastic re-

building programme.

I can recall being envious of Bourton Club – a large completely new building con-

structed while I was a teenager. It is no more – demolished some ten years ago and not

replaced. Bilton Club – another well designed and appointed facility – is now likely to

be replaced by a supermarket. Most Pubs and Clubs are struggling to survive. I believe

that Birdingbury Club survives because it has remained small and, more to the point,

has prioritised the needs of the local community.

At the recent Club AGM, 50% of the members present voiced their opinion that a

larger kitchen is urgently needed. This had been highlighted at a previous open meet-

ing when the Club’s architect presented their ‘Master Plans’ to the village. Those

plans did not include a kitchen.

I propose that we all support this need and somehow initiate a joint project to provide

an enlarged kitchen which is accessible from the Club and the Birbury. Let us emulate

the spirit and co-operation which existed when the Birbury was built 26 years ago.

Bob Munro

Jacky, Louise and Joanna Hart would like to express our thanks for all the lovely cards

and flowers received after the death of our Mum/Nan, Violet Burden. After a relatively

short illness she passed away peacefully on 5 June in Warwick Hospital.

Kind regards

Jacky Hart

I have now received from the Air Ambulance the total sent to them in memory of David. It amounted to £510.

Jackie Westcott

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Willoughby Challenge 2014

Here we are again reporting on another Willoughby Challenge, the only true football

tournament of the year. On the lovely sunny day of 29 June, Birdingbury took

two teams to the annual Willoughby Football Tournament.

Under 8s

In the morning it was the Under 8s’ turn to show off their football skills. This year we

had a very fresh faced team with three of them being Year 1 and not having played

football until the month before. The lack of youngsters in the village meant we had to

borrow friends and family to field a team, but Broadwell and Onley Park were unable

to field a team at all.

Throughout the tournament every boy and girl battled well and kept smiling.

Throughout the day we played three games, of which we managed to win one and lose

two. I was extremely proud of the boys and girls who did themselves and Birdingbury

great credit.

The team - Dale Starr, Mason O'Meara, Braydyn O'Meara, Jemima Deitch, Charlie

Cunningham, Jess Popa, Billy Davies

Under 11s

Now on to the afternoon games where it was Birdingbury’s U11s’ turn to take to the

field. The team wanted to be able to achieve the success of the previous three seasons

for which we were fielding a strong team.

The first game went very well for the team, who beat the hosts Willoughby 6 - 0 with

George Riley netting the first of his afternoon’s hat-tricks, and Rees Moor, Billy Flint

and Ralf Callaway also scoring.

In the following game against Flecknoe the boys repeated their goal fest, beating

Flecknoe 5 - 1 with Billy and George scoring two a-piece supported with a nice

individual goal by Rees Moor.

The next game of the afternoon saw Birdingbury beat Broadwell 4 - 0. A few changes

were made with Jake Thomas being replaced in goal by James Tipton, who managed

a clean sheet. George Riley went on to score his second hat-trick of the afternoon with

Ollie Popa scoring the fourth.

The goal fest continued with Birdingbury putting eight goals past Onley Park for the

second year running with George Riley scoring his third hat-trick, Rees Moor two,

Ralf Callaway two and Billy Flint one. However, this was a team performance with

Ollie Popa, Dominic Whitfield and James Tipton ensuring we kept our second clean

sheet. Jake Thomas, bored in goal, decided to get his gloves dirty by rubbing them in

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the mud, something these goalkeepers do!!

With our passage secured to the final, along with Grandborough, we decided not to

play the last league game and play this as the final.

The Final

Birdingbury U11s had reached the final, and all that was left was Grandborough, who

had provided a tough test for everyone else in the afternoon, standing in their way,

Birdingbury started strong with Rees, George and the energetic Ralf working tirelessly

and going close on several occasions. The defence was also tested but good tackling

from Billy and Ollie kept it nil-nil at half time. Grandborough started the second half

strong with Jake Thomas being called on to make some crucial saves. Half way

through the second half Birdingbury woke up and some nice passing play between

Rees Moor and Billy Flint saw a neat pass to George driven past the keeper with a

strong left foot shot. Grandborough quickly responded within 20 secs with their own

goal to equalize. On the touch line Coach Cutts was getting nervous as were the subs

who were itching to get on. Birdingbury created a good chance in response with an

Ollie Poppa defensive tackle seeing the ball fall to Rees, who dribbled past a defender

and with a nice right foot shot the ball past the keeper. With the pressure off, the subs,

James and Dominic, were released on to the field, their strong tackles keeping Birdingbury

goal free from attack. Within one minute of the subs coming on, Ralf Callaway put

Rees Moor through, who rounded his maker and played a nice ball out to the left wing

where George Riley beat his man and crossed a lovely ball back for Rees Moor to

drive low into the goal, and give Birdingbury the much needed win. With one minute

to go we threw caution to the wind and played four at the back and one up front with

Alex, Dominic and James staying strong, supported by the good hands of

Jake, ensured Birdingbury secured the victory with a 3 - 1 win. Birdingbury have

now won the U11s four years on the run.

Final Birdingbury 3 - 1 Scorers Rees Moor (Messi) 2, George Riley 1

I would like to say thank-you to all parents who have given their continued support to

the boys and girls and carried them to and from training and the challenge, I’m sure the

kids really appreciate it. Also thanks to my son Lewis who not only helped me

with the training sessions, but on the day he also refereed a third of the games without

too many dodgy decisions! And finally, to all the children, without whose

dedication and skill we could not have been so successful!!

Good Luck to Rees Moor, George Riley and Jake Thomas on your retirement from

Willoughby Challenge football.

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Farewell and welcome –

Best wishes to Wendy and Clive Bringloe who are leaving Birdingbury after many

years to live in Rolleston-on-Dove, near Burton-on-Trent. A warm welcome to Daniel

Rogers and Jenny Edwards who are moving into Imberdene, Main Street.

Farewell also to Karen and Dave Warner, Claudia and Ari who have moved to

Willoughby from Pioneer Farm, Stockton Road. Welcome to Suzette Briggs-Smith

and Paul Smith who have joined the select group of Stockton Road residents.

Also now living on Stockton Road are Leigh and Graham Sidaway and their sons Paul

and Richard who are the new residents enjoying the views from Marton Glebe Farm.

Welcome to them - and their bees.

Last but not least - a warm welcome back to the heart of the village to Dick and

Aileen, now residing at High Mead, Marton Road.

Did you know?

From 1 October you will no longer get a tax disc to go on your windscreen.

What a shame for the owners of all those ancient vehicles with their disc holders

crammed with all the old discs.

Congratulations and best wishes to:

Guy and Lisa French on their Silver Wedding

Bob and Barbara Munro on their Golden Wedding

Alexandra Law and Andrew Palmer on their forthcoming marriage.

Bourton and District Garden Club

Thursday 25 September, 7.30, Bourton Village Hall

Simon Ainsley talks about 10 Years of Garden Design

Dear milkman:

Please leave no milk today. When I say today, I mean tomorrow, for I wrote this note

yesterday.

Sorry not to have paid your bill before, but my wife had a baby and I've been carrying

it around in my pocket for weeks.

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Bikewatch - a Wheeler’s nature notebook

We’ve seen several species this year as the summer unfolds. The first, commonly

known as the uber fit, can be distinguished by the titanium teeth on their sprockets and

an insatiable desire to consume hills. These generally brightly coloured units spend a

lot of time in motion but you are hard put to see them because they move quickly and

are usually too far away. After a ride they drink sparingly as they prepare for their late

summer migration. This epic journey, sometimes as far as Paris, is accomplished using

means of navigation which have so far not been understood. It’s also a rather pointless

migration as they come back as soon as they get there and then ride gently through the

autumn, their suntans fading. Occasional sightings of an unshaven specimen are an

interesting variation of this species of Scindo Maurus Mentum (sometimes known as

mo mentum.)

The common or garden Birdingbury Wheeler has been slightly less prevalent this year.

We are unsure as to whether this is due to the weather conditions or predators. None-

theless 7.00 o’clock outside the Club on Wednesday evenings does seem to produce

some sort of a swarm with one or two new specimens, including juveniles, spotted this

year (Abber Vallis, Sartor minor to name a couple) as well as old faithfuls (Nil lambo,

Petricus Gallus, familias collegium, et cetera). The markings and shapes of these spe-

cies are distinctly varied and range from bright oranges and yellows right along the

spectrum to black. They are also very sociable and welcome new Wheelers readily.

It is interesting to note the riding pattern of the Birdingbury Wheeler (Orbis avium)

which tends to be a gentle hour or so with frequent stops to admire the views and draw

breath, and then an early return to the nest where comfortable seating is found and the

distinct sound of their pre dusk chatter can be heard, often drawing back the uber fit to

join them. If you have a Wheeler in your house it is best to push them out of the door

just before 7pm on a Wednesday.

Thin Jethro Laskey

Ride and Stride

The annual ‘Ride and Stride’ sponsored cycle ride / walk takes place on Sunday 14

September this year. Funds raised are split equally between the Historic Churches

Trust and a nominated church of your choice (St Leonard’s please!) so if you like to

walk or cycle, please do think about joining in.

Contact Liz Ellis for more details (632379)

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Dear Villager,

Hopefully good weather will allow the club to hold a few more BBQs during August and

perhaps even September so please keep an eye on the web site and the 'A' board. We

hope to commence work on the front of the club so we may have to plan these events

around our builders.

Please keep Saturday 6 September free for our popular Produce Show. The competi-

tion includes everything from vegetables to cakes and flower arrangements so if you

want to enter one or more sections you can obtain a programme from Val in the club.

Then in the evening there is a grand auction of the produce conducted by Gary Laverick,

which is always great fun with all proceeds going to a designated charity.

Birdingbury Cinema starts again on Saturday 27 September. For those who haven't

experienced a film show in the club, it is a professional set up with a six metre screen.

We will try and select a film that is just available to purchase but before it can be shown

on TV.

Finally, we do have some other events and themed nights planned such as Curry

Nights and perhaps a Rally and we will send flyers around the village when these are

finalised.

Hope you have a good summer holiday,

Ian Tipton

Birdingbury Club

Birdingbury Country Show – 12 and 13 July 2014

The weather was kind for the 24th Show/Festival and the consensus is that it was ‘the

best ever’. More information later!

Bill Cowley, Enid Vayro

and Gwyn Davy at the

Country Show

Isn’t this what the event is

all about?

They loved it!

Photo Gaynor Davy

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For our final meeting of the current season we were invited to Jennifer and Geoffrey

Johnstone’s new home in Leamington Spa. We spent a lovely evening looking around

the new garden they had created from the ‘wilderness’ it had been when they first

moved in. Thank you to Jennifer and Geoffrey for sharing their garden with us, and

for the delicious refreshments afterwards.

Our next meeting will be the AGM on 9 September, when we will put together a

programme for the forthcoming year. New members and new ideas are most welcome.

We meet in The Birbury on the second Tuesday of every month from September to

July, at 7.45.

Barbara Munro

Ladies Circle

The Birbury

Our Coffee Shop was open on Saturday and Sunday, 12 and 13 July, during the

Birdingbury Country Show. Jackie and Jennie Westcott provided a lovely selection of

homemade refreshments and beverages and we had a steady stream of visitors. We

raised £220 for our funds which helps keep the Birbury open for villagers to use. Many

thanks to all our caterers and washer-uppers.

Future event

Our Autumn Country lunch will be held at 12.00 in the Birbury on

Sunday 28 September. Please do join your fellow villagers for a

selection of tasty breads, cheeses and puds and home made pickles

and chutneys. All this for a contribution of £2.50 to cover our

costs. A chance to relax with friends, old and new, in the Autumn

sunshine....?

We look forward to seeing you there.

Jenny Hawes

Birdingbury Estates

Forthcoming events :-

23 August Private function - Main Ring Area – Golden Wedding Celebration

30 August Wedding Reception – Glebe Field

12-14 September – VW Gathering on the Showground

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Birdsong Editor Rhondda Barney, The Barn, Back Lane Tel 632094

Email: birdsong1@btinternet.com

Church News Editor Aileen Withington, High Mead, Marton Road Tel 632644

Email: aileen.withington@hotmail.co.uk

Copy date for next issue - 18 September 2014

Birdingbury Calendar

August

Sunday 3 Memorial Rededication Main Street 3.00

Friday 8 Library Van Main Street 11.40

Friday 29 Library Van Main Street 11.40

Saturday 6 Produce Show and Auction Club

Tuesday 9 Ladies Circle Birbury 7.45

Sunday 14 Ride and Stride

Tuesday 16 Parish Council Birbury 7.30

Friday 19 Library Van Main Street 11.40

Thursday 25 Bourton Garden Club Bourton Village Hall 7.30

Saturday 27 Birdingbury Cinema Club

Sunday 28 Country Lunch Birbury 12.00

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Swap Shop every Saturday morning at 10.30 in the Birbury